Data/List by Louis Epstein (image, intro. & formatting by Anura Guruge)
on December 23, 2023
This list by Louis Epstein. {See below}
Relevant extracts from the Louis Epstein ‘Cardinalabili list’.
Residential Prelates
>> Jose Horacio Gomez (b. 1951), Archbishop of Los Angeles, CA (USA) — cardinalitial see, predecessor has aged out, already bypassed repeatedly.
>> Francesco Moraglia (b. 1953), Patriarch of Venice (Italy) — cardinalitial see, now by passed to a historic degree, predecessor has now aged out.
>> Christian Lepine (b. 1951), Archbishop of Montreal (Canada) — cardinalitial see, predecessor dead, already bypassed repeatedly
>> Eamon Martin (b. 1961), Archbishop of Armagh (UK) — cardinalitial see;
bishops’ conference president,which carries weight with Francis, but bypassed so far despite Ireland now having no electors.
>> Corrado Lorefice (b. 1962), Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) — cardinalitial see, a bit young, bypassed repeatedly so far.
>> Marek Jedraszewski (b. 1949), Archbishop of Krakow (Poland) — cardinalitial see, but bypassed repeatedly though predecessor has aged out.
>> Sviatoslav Shevchuk (b. 1970), Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholics —
cardinalitial see, would no longer be youngest Cardinal; predecessor dead, has been repeatedly bypassed.
>> Mario Enrico Delpini (b. 1951), Archbishop of Milan (Italy) — cardinalitial see, but bypassed; predecessor has now aged out.
>> Marco Tasca (b 1957), Archbishop of Genoa– cardinalitial see, but bypassed repeatedly.
>> Olivier Jacques Marie de Germay de Cirfontaine (b. 1960), Archbishop of Lyon (France) — cardinalitial see, predecessor resigned.
>> Rui Manuel Sousa Valerio (b. 1964), Patriarch of Lisbon (Portugal) — cardinialitial see by Canon Law. Will Francis honor that?
More to follow. There are a LOT MORE!
Louis Epstein, maintains a detailed and unparalleled Cardinalabili list — and has done so for decades. ‘Cardinalabili’, a play on ‘papabili‘ (i.e., pope contenders), is a term we use to refer to potential cardinals, i.e., those due or likely a cardinalate. There was a time, a decade ago, that I used to publish Cardinalabili lists — primarily Louis’ — on a regular basis.
I haven’t done so in years, and predicting Cardinalabili with Pope Francis is getting near impossible because he relishes not playing by the prior rules and traditions.
But, I asked Louis for this list because it is germane.
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Louis Epstein (Putnam County, New York) is a polymath, a walking Wikipedia, a one-time much sought after fact checker for printed U.S. encyclopedias, a keeper of esoteric lists (such as this Cardinalabili list) & a pioneering Internet entrepreneur.
